Thursday, August 22, 2002
i don't understand those who subscribe to the "people can't change" philosophy. you know the one... "once a cheater, always a cheater," etc.
i'll tell you one thing, people move in and out of my life all the time. some fast, some slow. some move, others just move on. and sometimes it's me who does the changing. the fact is people change. i watch it happen all the time. i've seen people make incredible changes for the better, and i've watched good things suddenly lurch in a bad direction... because people change.
what i've always been bad at is knowing when to hold on and when to let go. sometimes the changes are so gradual you don't even realize they are taking place until you look at your friends and wonder who those strangers are. i wonder if i'm attatched to them, or just who they used to be. do i even like this person i find myself looking at, and if so... do they still like me?
(i'd like to wrap this thought up with a neat little conclusion... but i guess the story isn't over...)
Friday, August 16, 2002
due to no fault of my own, i have no phone service.
of course, i'm PAYING for phone service. wouldn't be nice if i had it?
the phone company assures me it's not their problem. the apartment complex likewise is certain it isn't their problem. no one seems to want to take responsibility for the fact that someone screwed up.
long story short: I HAVE NO PHONE SERVICE!
and if i want to get the phone service i am paying for, i need to wait til tuesday and shell out $85. that certainly seems reasonable...
Monday, August 12, 2002
spending a week virtually alone with virtually nothing to do nearly killed me... but staying alive really payed off.
yesterday i got to experience the iowa state fair, which was just everything a state fair should be. i got to see blue ribbon winning produce and pies and other such stuff. they had a midway full of rides and games that made dinorama look classy and the fun spot look puny. they also had a petting zoo that not only had your typical pigs (and 5 day old piglets), goats and ponies... they also had two baby oryx, a zebra and a young giraffe! it was nice to see safari-esque animals again, but it was so sad to see them in their shabby little pens. we wanted to liberate them, but i thought walking around with a ten foot giraffe might be kind of conspicuous.
oh, and don't you worry i did get to see the infamous "butter cow".
this whole experience makes me a much more well-rounded individual, i'm sure.
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also, i played tennis last night for the first time in probably 5 years. it was certainly obvious i hadn't played lately, but it was good fun and i didn't make a total fool of myself. right now a few of my muscles are reminding me just how long it had been since i had played.
Friday, August 09, 2002
well, first thing this morning i helped the one person in iowa city i know pack all of her belongings into a uhaul truck. i DID inherit some leftovers, a two liter of cherry coke and enough alcohol to last me... a little while anyway.
thankfully school will be starting soon so other people i know will return (brian should be back tomorrow afternoon). plus i'm being tossed into work head first and i'll have plenty of chances to meet new people.
that's the thing about where i am in my life right now. people come and go too fast. even if i did live in the same state for more than 8 months, people around me would come and go. it keeps you on your toes, and if you get to know people fast enough then you can end up with a network of friends all over the country... but it's hard to get close to anyone. i feel like i just have a network of aquaintences all over the country.
anyway, i'm off to the post office to buy some stamps. no one can accuse me of not doing my part to keep in touch.
(i need to update my smiley for this site... add that to the to do list.)
Thursday, August 08, 2002
called the cable company this morning. they can't come out til next freakin wednesday! do they think i can wait another week for the sci fi channel? i've had minimum basic cable all summer for crying out loud! if i don't get some outer limits, or at the very least some planet's funniest animals soon... it could get ugly.
to get me through another 48 hours:
for myles (who groans because my webpage is not cross browser friendly):
i got this darned skin from blogskins and you know it. you didn't create it but i'm holding you responsable just the same. so there.
i'm just glad to know someone but me is still reading all this nonsense (and feeling oh so inspired to comment!)
for team 15 and the kids:
RJ may as well pack his bags, don't you think? poor christina...
i miss you guys bunches. i've already got a couple of bottle caps laying around... wondering how i could put them to good use.
for ben (assuming he ever checks his email and finds his way here):
something a little tamer than the paratrooper
for big brotha chip:
yes i stole that picture from you... what are you gonna do about it? drink one for me at jellyrolls on tuesday!
Wednesday, August 07, 2002
things that made me smile today:
seeing the all important three bunnies behind the IMU
spotting a "Darth W. Bush" bumper sticker
vaccuuming up two crickets
things that made me sad:
not being able to find the planner i want
setting the vcr to tape american idol at the wrong time
(damn the central time zone!)
Tuesday, August 06, 2002
one more thing for the nerd in all of us, before i accept the fact that i am in for a dull, lonely night and trek back to the other side of the river.
insultingly stupid movie physics
enjoy.
wondering what ever happened to all of my pictures?
wishing you could stare longingly into my pretty blue eyes for hours on end?
having an uncontrolable urge to see me dressed as "the leaping lemon"?
well, i haven't had time to move all my picture pages over to gh.net, but you can still find them in the ruins of "ALL STAR". there you'll find random pics of me, and links on the side to still more random pictures of my friends and, of course, me.
unfortunately i am currently way broke, living in a shabby college apartment in a city and state i am not all too familiar with. i won't have a bed until the end of the week (nor do i have any other furniture, but at least my roommate has a couch). speaking of roommates, they won't be around until next week at the earliest. we do have phone service... but no cable yet -so i'm going to miss american idol (*cries*). plus brian won't be back from florida until next week either.
this adds up to one lonely and bored stephanie, that's for sure.
things to be thankful for:
since i never bothered to tell you much over the summer i guess i'll start now. i guess as i have time i'll fill you in on thoughts from the summer, and i can promise you they won't be very exciting... for the most part. something to look forward to, eh?
so, anyway... one thing i learned over the summer is that although i think florida basically sucks, i DO really like working for disney. i really liked my job over the summer. i liked the people i worked with, i liked what i did, i liked my managers. i felt like i contributed, like i had something to offer, and i felt like there was a lot for me to do, and that i could actually GO somewhere.
that may sound like a bunch of poo but for someone staring into their... what? nineth year of college? i mean, actually feeling like you found something you like doing where you feel you could make a difference and excel... that is an important discovery.
do i think i want to work in merchandise for walt disney world in orlando for the rest of my life? i can say with some certainty: NO. but it's a start.
now all i have to do is graduate.
grrrr... apparently i can't update any of my links or anything right now because i'm having some blogger/template issues. i'm convinced in the long run i will have to recreate the whole thing (which should elicit groans from the likes of myles and mike since everytime i find myself redoing my comments and other such scary codes, they end up helping an awful lot.)
the good news is, i'm sitting right next to the monitor station in the computer lab, and the kid working there is a total (even massive) tool and every word out of his mouth is cracking me up in a sad and pathetic way... so i guess things all even out in the end, right?
(sigh)
it's going to be one of those days.
Monday, August 05, 2002
well, i'm "home". not sure that my heart is in it, but i've made it safely back to lovely iowa. in fact, i made it in record time... faster, i think, than i ever made it back to michigan, though i was under the impression the trip to iowa was a slightly longer one. oh well... no complaints. i made it back in time to pick up the key to my shabby new apartment so i can (sigh) unpack.
i have lots to share and not much to do in the next week or so... and also limited access to a computer, but i'll try to unbore you all with my stories. (i know i'm fooling no one... my stories aren't that exciting...)
anyway.. i have emails to send, but this was the fastest way to tell you all i'm home.
i missed you.
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